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Antonyms for rampage

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun ram-peyj; verb ram-peyj, ram-peyj
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈræm peɪdʒ; verb ræmˈpeɪdʒ, ˈræm peɪdʒ

Definition of rampage

Origin :
  • 1715, in Scottish, probably from Middle English verb ramp "rave, rush wildly about" (c.1300), especially of beasts rearing on their hind legs, as if climbing, from Old French ramper (see ramp (n.1), also cf. rampant). Related: Rampaged; rampaging.
  • noun storm, violence
  • verb go crazy; storm
Example sentences :
  • By this means his numbers were soon recruited, and he was again on the rampage.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • All the women in Jenkintown seemed on the rampage, at least all those we are dealing with.
  • Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton
  • That's a narrow-gauge line, and Clear Creek 's been on a rampage.
  • Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Oh, you don't know how I long to go on the rampage sometimes!
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • It's pretty hard not to shoot out there where men go on the rampage so often.
  • Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
  • Over the rampage of the ages wild, came the voice of Mosier to me.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Creation » by Howard D. Pollyen
  • A wild night like this is what starts them on the rampage, I reckon.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods » by Quincy Allen
  • This stream is on a rampage and only a powerful man could get to shore.
  • Extract from : « Agent Nine and the Jewel Mystery » by Graham M. Dean
  • At the end of the year there is a rampage of present-giving, in which, of course, I had to join.
  • Extract from : « A Journal from Japan » by Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • That's the way you always feel when you see the old Mississippi on a rampage.
  • Extract from : « Swatty » by Ellis Parker Butler

Synonyms for rampage

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